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as of Sept. 31/08

U. S. stock markets drifted down during the shortened Dec. 19-22 trading session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 85 points, or 1%, to 8,520; the S&P 500 index lost 14 points, or 1.5%, to 87…

Over the abbreviated Dec. 19-22 trading session, it looked like Santa Claus wouldn’t be coming to the Toronto Stock Exchange this year. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 175.82 points, or 2.1%, to …

Over the trading session covering Dec. 19-22, the S&P/TSX Venture composite index lost 8.43 points to close at 692.02. Daily trading volumes were good, averaging out to 109 million.

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Dec. 23, 2008 (change from Dec. 16 in brackets):

Spot Prices COURTESY OF SCOTIABANK Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change Gold $846.00 +12.50 Silver $10.70 +0.20 Platinum $855.00 +22.00 Palladium $173.00 -2.00…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Dec. 22 Dec. 19 Dec. 18 Dec. 17 Dec. 16 US$ in C$ 1.2188 1.2275 1.1965 1.2058 1.2239 C$ in US$ 0.8205 0.8147 0.8358 0.8293 0…

Australia (A$) Dec 23 Dec 19 Change Bendigo Mining 0.15 0.16 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 3.09 2.80 0.29 Lion Selection Ltd 0.73 0.73 0.00 Newcrest Mining 32.40 33.50 -1.10 …

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,350 /t.

PRECIOUS METAL PRICES (London fix, US$ per troy oz.)